Optical imaging lens assembly, image capturing unit and electronic device

ABSTRACT

An optical imaging lens assembly includes seven lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The seventh lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. At least one of an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the seventh lens element has at least one critical point in an off-axis region thereof. The object-side surface and the image-side surface of the seventh lens element are both aspheric.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Taiwan Application 106140782, filedon Nov. 23, 2017, which is incorporated by reference herein in itsentirety.

BACKGROUND Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to an optical imaging lens assembly, animage capturing unit and an electronic device, more particularly to anoptical imaging lens assembly and an image capturing unit applicable toan electronic device.

Description of Related Art

In recent years, with the popularity of electronic devices having camerafunctionalities, the demand for miniaturized optical systems has beenincreasing.

As advanced semiconductor manufacturing technologies have reduced thepixel size of image sensors, and compact optical systems have graduallyevolved toward the field of higher megapixels, there is an increasingdemand for compact optical systems featuring better image quality.

For various applications, the optical systems have been widely appliedto different kinds of electronic devices, such as vehicle devices, imagerecognition systems, entertainment devices, sport devices andintelligent home systems.

Furthermore, in order to provide better user experience, electronicdevices equipped with one or more optical systems have become themainstream products on the market, and the optical systems are developedwith various optical features according to different requirements.

As the size of electronic devices getting smaller and smaller, it isdifficult for conventional optical systems to meet the requirements ofhigh-end specification and compact size, especially requirements such asa large aperture or a wide field of view. Generally, in order to achievecompactness, a first lens element of a miniaturized optical systemusually has positive refractive power, and a second lens element usuallyhas negative refractive power. However, it is difficult for light from alarge field of view to travel into the miniaturized optical system dueto strong positive refractive power of the first lens element, therebyfailing to achieve a configuration with a wide view angle.

On the other hand, a conventional wide-angle optical system usually hasa first lens element with negative refractive power for gathering lightfrom the large field of view. However, the total track length of thewide-angle optical system increases due to the negative refractive powerof the first lens element, thereby it is unable to achieve compactness.Moreover, compressing the total track length or enlarging the aperturestop of the wide-angle optical system may lead to poor image quality,especially at the periphery of the image.

SUMMARY

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, an optical imaginglens assembly includes seven lens elements. The seven lens elements are,in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, asecond lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, afifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. Theseventh lens element has an image-side surface being concave in aparaxial region thereof. At least one of an object-side surface and theimage-side surface of the seventh lens element has at least one criticalpoint in an off-axis region thereof. The object-side surface and theimage-side surface of the seventh lens element are both aspheric. Whenan axial distance between an object-side surface of the first lenselement and the image-side surface of the seventh lens element is Td, amaximum effective radius of the image-side surface of the seventh lenselement is Y72, a vertical distance from an optical axis to anintersection point of the image-side surface of the seventh lens elementand a chief ray with an incident angle of 55 degrees relative to theoptical axis is Yc_55, and a maximum image height of the optical imaginglens assembly is ImgH, the following conditions are satisfied:Td/|Y72|<1.80; and0.30<|Yc_55|/ImgH<0.95.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, an imagecapturing unit includes the aforementioned optical imaging lens assemblyand an image sensor, wherein the image sensor is disposed on an imagesurface of the optical imaging lens assembly.

According to still another aspect of the present disclosure, anelectronic device includes the aforementioned image capturing unit.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The disclosure can be better understood by reading the followingdetailed description of the embodiments, with reference made to theaccompanying drawings as follows:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an image capturing unit according to the1st embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 shows spherical aberration curves, astigmatic field curves and adistortion curve of the image capturing unit according to the 1stembodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of an image capturing unit according to the2nd embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 shows spherical aberration curves, astigmatic field curves and adistortion curve of the image capturing unit according to the 2ndembodiment;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of an image capturing unit according to the3rd embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 shows spherical aberration curves, astigmatic field curves and adistortion curve of the image capturing unit according to the 3rdembodiment;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of an image capturing unit according to the4th embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 shows spherical aberration curves, astigmatic field curves and adistortion curve of the image capturing unit according to the 4thembodiment;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of an image capturing unit according to the5th embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 shows spherical aberration curves, astigmatic field curves and adistortion curve of the image capturing unit according to the 5thembodiment;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of an image capturing unit according to the6th embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 12 shows spherical aberration curves, astigmatic field curves and adistortion curve of the image capturing unit according to the 6thembodiment;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view of an image capturing unit according to the7th embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 14 shows spherical aberration curves, astigmatic field curves and adistortion curve of the image capturing unit according to the 7thembodiment;

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of an image capturing unit according tothe 8th embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 16 is one perspective view of an electronic device according to the9th embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 17 is another perspective view of the electronic device in FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 is a block diagram of the electronic device in FIG. 16;

FIG. 19 shows a schematic view of Yc62, Yc72, Y72 and convex criticalpoints of the sixth lens element and the seventh lens element, accordingto the 1st embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 20 shows a schematic view of Yc_55 according to the 1st embodimentof the present disclosure; and

FIG. 21 shows a schematic view of Y11 and Ystop according to the 1stembodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

An optical imaging lens assembly includes seven lens elements. The sevenlens elements are, in order from an object side to an image side, afirst lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, afourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and aseventh lens element.

The first lens element can have negative refractive power. Therefore, itis favorable for providing a wide-angle lens configuration to gatherlight from a large field of view.

The fourth lens element can have negative refractive power. Therefore,it is favorable for light to travel into the optical imaging lensassembly so as to increase relative illuminance on the image surface andprevent stray light from being generated due to surface reflection.

The fifth lens element can have an image-side surface being convex in aparaxial region thereof. Therefore, it is favorable for light to travelinto the optical imaging lens assembly so as to increase relativeilluminance on the image surface and prevent stray light from beinggenerated due to surface reflection.

The sixth lens element can be meniscus in a paraxial region thereof.Therefore, adjusting both the shape and the refractive power of thesixth lens element is favorable for increasing the design flexibility ofthe optical imaging lens assembly. A lens element is meniscus in aparaxial region thereof indicates that an object-side surface and animage-side surface of the lens element are respectively convex andconcave in a paraxial region thereof, or concave and convex in aparaxial region thereof.

The seventh lens element can have negative refractive power, and theseventh lens element can have an object-side surface being convex in aparaxial region thereof; therefore, adjusting both the shape and therefractive power of the seventh lens element is favorable for preventingimage correction problems due to large differences among the refractivepower of lens elements on the image side of the optical imaging lensassembly. The seventh lens element has an image-side surface beingconcave in a paraxial region thereof; therefore, it is favorable forcorrecting off-axis aberrations and increasing illuminance on the imagesurface. At least one of the object-side surface and the image-sidesurface of the seventh lens element has at least one critical point inan off-axis region thereof; therefore, it is favorable for correctingthe Petzval sum so as to flatten the image surface while correctingoff-axis aberrations. More specifically, the image-side surface of theseventh lens element can have at least one convex critical point;therefore, the convex critical point is favorable for preventing theperiphery of the seventh lens element from overly close to the imagesurface; moreover, when the convex critical point configured with aconcave shape in a paraxial region on the image-side surface of theseventh lens element, it is favorable for reducing a back focal lengthbetween the lens elements and the image surface so as to be favorablefor the miniaturization of the optical imaging lens assembly and acamera module including the optical imaging lens assembly. Please referto FIG. 19, which shows a schematic view of a convex critical point C ofthe seventh lens element according to the 1st embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

When an axial distance between an object-side surface of the first lenselement and the image-side surface of the seventh lens element is Td,and a maximum effective radius of the image-side surface of the seventhlens element is Y72, the following condition is satisfied:Td/|Y72|<1.80. Therefore, it is favorable for reducing a total tracklength so as to minimize the size of the optical imaging lens assembly.Preferably, the following condition can also be satisfied:1.0<Td/|Y72|<1.60. Please refer to FIG. 19, which shows a schematic viewof Y72 according to the 1st embodiment of the present disclosure.

When a vertical distance from an optical axis to an intersection pointof the image-side surface of the seventh lens element and a chief raywith an incident angle of 55 degrees relative to the optical axis isYc_55, and a maximum image height of the optical imaging lens assembly(half of a diagonal length of an effective photosensitive area of animage sensor) is ImgH, the following condition is satisfied:0.30<|Yc_55|/ImgH<0.95. Therefore, it is favorable for providing awide-angle lens configuration so as to achieve a wide angle effect.Please refer to FIG. 20, which shows a schematic view of Yc_55 accordingto the 1st embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the incidentangle of a chief ray CR is 55 degrees relative to the optical axis, andthe chief ray CR has an intersection point P with the image-side surfaceof the seventh lens element. A vertical distance from the optical axisto the intersection point P is Yc_55.

When an axial distance between the object-side surface of the first lenselement and an image surface is TL, and the maximum image height of theoptical imaging lens assembly is ImgH, the following condition can besatisfied: TL/ImgH<2.0. Therefore, it is favorable for reducing the backfocal length so as to miniaturize the optical imaging lens assembly inthe camera module.

When a maximum field of view of the optical imaging lens assembly isFOV, the following condition can be satisfied: 110 [deg.]<FOV<220[deg.]. Therefore, it is favorable for achieving a wide angle effect.

When an f-number of the optical imaging lens assembly is Fno, thefollowing condition can be satisfied: 1.0<Fno<2.40. Therefore, it isfavorable for providing a large aperture stop so as to capturesufficient image data in lowlight (e.g., night-time) or short exposure(e.g., dynamic photography) conditions; furthermore, it is favorable forincreasing imaging speed so as to achieve high image quality in awell-lit condition. Preferably, the following condition can also besatisfied: 1.40<Fno<2.05.

When a maximum effective radius of the object-side surface of the firstlens element is Y11, and the maximum effective radius of the image-sidesurface of the seventh lens element is Y72, the following condition canbe satisfied: |Y11/Y72|<1.20. Therefore, maintaining a properconfiguration of effective photosensitive areas on the object side andon the image side of the optical imaging lens assembly is favorable forthe miniaturization of the optical imaging lens assembly having a largeaperture stop. Preferably, the following condition can also besatisfied: |Y11/Y72|<0.90. Please refer to FIG. 21, which shows aschematic view of Y11 according to the 1st embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

When a focal length of the optical imaging lens assembly is f, a focallength of the first lens element is f1, and a focal length of the secondlens element is f2, the following condition can be satisfied:|f/f1|+|f/f2|<0.70. Therefore, it is favorable for preventing overlylarge refraction angles due to overly strong refractive power of thefirst lens element and the second lens element; furthermore, it isfavorable for providing a wide angle configuration. Preferably, thefollowing condition can also be satisfied: |f/f1|+|f/f2|<0.45.

When a curvature radius of the object-side surface of the first lenselement is R1, a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the firstlens element is R2, a curvature radius of an object-side surface of thesecond lens element is R3, a curvature radius of an image-side surfaceof the second lens element is R4, a curvature radius of an object-sidesurface of the third lens element is R5, a curvature radius of animage-side surface of the third lens element is R6, a curvature radiusof an object-side surface of the fourth lens element is R7, a curvatureradius of an image-side surface of the fourth lens element is R8, acurvature radius of an object-side surface of the fifth lens element isR9, a curvature radius of the image-side surface of the fifth lenselement is R10, a curvature radius of an object-side surface of thesixth lens element is R11, a curvature radius of an image-side surfaceof the sixth lens element is R12, a curvature radius of the object-sidesurface of the seventh lens element is R13, and a curvature radius ofthe image-side surface of the seventh lens element is R14, the followingconditions can be satisfied: |R14/R1|<1.0; |R14/R2|<1.0; |R14/R3|<1.0;|R14/R4|<1.0; |R14/R5|<1.0; |R14/R6|<1.0; |R14/R7|<1.0; |R14/R8|<1.0;|R14/R9|<1.0; |R14/R10|<1.0; |R14/R11|<1.0; |R14/R12|<1.0; and|R14/R13|<1.0. In other words, an absolute value of the ratio of thecurvature radius of the image-side surface of the seventh lens elementto the curvature radius of every other surface of the seven lenselements is smaller than 1.0. Therefore, it is favorable for enhancingthe characteristics of the concave shape in a paraxial region of theimage-side surface of the seventh lens element so as to reduce the backfocal length of the optical imaging lens assembly.

When a vertical distance between a convex critical point closest to amaximum effective radius position on the image-side surface of the sixthlens element and the optical axis is Yc62, and a vertical distancebetween a convex critical point closest to a maximum effective radiusposition on the image-side surface of the seventh lens element and theoptical axis is Yc72, the following condition can be satisfied:0.50<|Yc62/Yc72|<1.5. Therefore, it is favorable for having a convexcritical point in an off-axis region on the image-side surface of theseventh lens element so as to further correct off-axis aberrations.Please refer to FIG. 19, which shows a schematic view of Yc62, Yc72 andconvex critical points C of the sixth lens element and the seventh lenselement, according to the 1st embodiment of the present disclosure. Whenthe image-side surface of the sixth lens element or the image-sidesurface of the seventh lens element has a single convex critical pointlocated on the optical axis, Yc62 or Yc72 is equal to 0, respectively.

According to the present disclosure, the optical imaging lens assemblycan include an aperture stop located between an imaged object and theobject-side surface of the third lens element. Therefore, thepositioning of the aperture stop is favorable for obtaining a balancebetween the field of view and the total track length so as tominiaturize the optical imaging lens assembly, thereby becomingapplicable to a wide range of applications.

When the number of lens elements having an Abbe number smaller than 20among the first through the seventh lens elements is V20, the followingcondition can be satisfied: 2≤V20. Therefore, it is favorable forcorrecting chromatic aberration so as to improve the image quality atthe periphery of the image.

When the focal length of the optical imaging lens assembly is f, and thecurvature radius of the image-side surface of the sixth lens element isR12, the following condition can be satisfied: 0≤f/R12. Therefore,adjusting both the shape and the refractive power of the sixth lenselement is favorable for improving the design flexibility of the opticalimaging lens assembly.

When the maximum effective radius of the image-side surface of theseventh lens element is Y72, and the focal length of the optical imaginglens assembly is f, the following condition can be satisfied:1.0<|Y72|/f. Therefore, it is favorable for reducing the back focallength so as to miniaturize the optical imaging lens assembly in thecamera module.

When the maximum effective radius of the object-side surface of thefirst lens element is Y11, and an aperture radius of the aperture stopis Ystop, the following condition can be satisfied: |Y11/Ystop|<2.0.Therefore, it is favorable for reducing the effective radius of thefirst lens element so as to maintain a compact size of the cameramodule.

When the curvature radius of the image-side surface of the seventh lenselement is R14, and the maximum effective radius of the image-sidesurface of the seventh lens element is Y72, the following condition canbe satisfied: 0<R14/|Y72|<0.50. Therefore, it is favorable for enhancingthe characteristic of a concave shape in a paraxial region on theimage-side surface of the seventh lens element so as to move the exitpupil towards the object side of the optical imaging lens assembly, suchthat it is favorable for reducing an incident angle of light forming theimage periphery, thereby improving the illumination of the imagesurface.

According to the present disclosure, the aforementioned features andconditions can be utilized in numerous combinations so as to achievecorresponding effects.

According to the present disclosure, the lens elements of the opticalimaging lens assembly can be made of either glass or plastic material.When the lens elements are made of glass material, the refractive powerdistribution of the optical imaging lens assembly may be more flexible.The glass lens element can either be made by grinding or molding. Whenthe lens elements are made of plastic material, the manufacturing costcan be effectively reduced. Furthermore, surfaces of each lens elementcan be arranged to be aspheric, which allows for more controllablevariables for eliminating aberrations thereof, the required number ofthe lens elements can be reduced, and the total track length of theoptical imaging lens assembly can be effectively shortened. The asphericsurfaces may be formed by plastic injection molding or glass molding.

According to the present disclosure, when a lens surface is aspheric, itmeans that the lens surface has an aspheric shape throughout itsoptically effective area, or a portion(s) thereof.

According to the present disclosure, each of an object-side surface andan image-side surface has a paraxial region and an off-axis region. Theparaxial region refers to the region of the surface where light raystravel close to the optical axis, and the off-axis region refers to theregion of the surface away from the paraxial region. Particularly,unless otherwise specified, when the lens element has a convex surface,it indicates that the surface is convex in the paraxial region thereof;when the lens element has a concave surface, it indicates that thesurface is concave in the paraxial region thereof. Moreover, when aregion of refractive power or focus of a lens element is not defined, itindicates that the region of refractive power or focus of the lenselement is in the paraxial region thereof.

According to the present disclosure, a critical point is a non-axialpoint of the lens surface where its tangent is perpendicular to theoptical axis.

According to the present disclosure, an image surface of the opticalimaging lens assembly, based on the corresponding image sensor, can beflat or curved, especially a curved surface being concave facing towardsthe object side of the optical imaging lens assembly.

According to the present disclosure, an image correction unit, such as afield flattener, can be optionally disposed between the lens elementclosest to the image side of the optical imaging lens assembly and theimage surface for correction of aberrations such as field curvature. Theoptical properties of the image correction unit, such as curvature,thickness, index of refraction, position and surface shape (convex orconcave surface with spherical, aspheric, diffractive or Fresnel types),can be adjusted according to the specification of an image capturingunit. In general, a preferable image correction unit is, for example, athin transparent element having a concave object-side surface and aplanar image-side surface, and the thin transparent element is disposednear the image surface.

According to the present disclosure, the optical imaging lens assemblycan include at least one stop, such as an aperture stop, a glare stop ora field stop. Said glare stop or said field stop is set for eliminatingthe stray light and thereby improving the image quality thereof.

According to the present disclosure, an aperture stop can be configuredas a front stop or a middle stop. A front stop disposed between animaged object and the first lens element can provide a longer distancebetween an exit pupil of the optical imaging lens assembly and the imagesurface to produce a telecentric effect, and thereby improves theimage-sensing efficiency of an image sensor (for example, CCD or CMOS).A middle stop disposed between the first lens element and the imagesurface is favorable for enlarging the viewing angle of the opticalimaging lens assembly and thereby provides a wider field of view for thesame.

According to the above description of the present disclosure, thefollowing specific embodiments are provided for further explanation.

1st Embodiment

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an image capturing unit according to the1st embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 2 shows, in order fromleft to right, spherical aberration curves, astigmatic field curves anda distortion curve of the image capturing unit according to the 1stembodiment. In FIG. 1, the image capturing unit includes the opticalimaging lens assembly (its reference numeral is omitted) of the presentdisclosure and an image sensor 195. The optical imaging lens assemblyincludes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lenselement 110, an aperture stop 100, a second lens element 120, a thirdlens element 130, a fourth lens element 140, a fifth lens element 150, asixth lens element 160, a seventh lens element 170, an IR-cut filter 180and an image surface 190. The optical imaging lens assembly includesseven lens elements (110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160 and 170) with noadditional lens element disposed between each of the adjacent seven lenselements.

The first lens element 110 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 111 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 112 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thefirst lens element 110 is made of glass material and has the object-sidesurface 111 and the image-side surface 112 being both aspheric.

The second lens element 120 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 121 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 122 being concave in a paraxial region thereof. Thesecond lens element 120 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 121 and the image-side surface 122 being bothaspheric.

The third lens element 130 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 131 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 132 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thethird lens element 130 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 131 and the image-side surface 132 being bothaspheric.

The fourth lens element 140 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 141 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 142 being concave in a paraxial region thereof.The fourth lens element 140 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 141 and the image-side surface 142 being bothaspheric.

The fifth lens element 150 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 151 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 152 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thefifth lens element 150 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 151 and the image-side surface 152 being bothaspheric.

The sixth lens element 160 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 161 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 162 being concave in a paraxial region thereof. Thesixth lens element 160 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 161 and the image-side surface 162 being bothaspheric.

The seventh lens element 170 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 171 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 172 being concave in a paraxial region thereof. Theseventh lens element 170 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 171 and the image-side surface 172 being bothaspheric. Each of the object-side surface 171 and the image-side surface172 of the seventh lens element 170 has at least one critical point inan off-axis region thereof.

The IR-cut filter 180 is made of glass material and located between theseventh lens element 170 and the image surface 190, and will not affectthe focal length of the optical imaging lens assembly. The image sensor195 is disposed on or near the image surface 190 of the optical imaginglens assembly.

The equation of the aspheric surface profiles of the aforementioned lenselements of the 1st embodiment is expressed as follows:

${{X(Y)} = {{\left( {Y^{2}\text{/}R} \right)\text{/}\left( {1 + {{sqrt}\left( {1 - {\left( {1 + k} \right) \times \left( {Y\text{/}R} \right)^{2}}} \right)}} \right)} + {\sum\limits_{i}{({Ai}) \times \left( Y^{i} \right)}}}},$where,

X is the relative distance between a point on the aspheric surfacespaced at a distance Y from an optical axis and the tangential plane atthe aspheric surface vertex on the optical axis;

Y is the vertical distance from the point on the aspheric surface to theoptical axis;

R is the curvature radius;

k is the conic coefficient; and

Ai is the i-th aspheric coefficient, and in the embodiments, i may be,but is not limited to, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16.

In the optical imaging lens assembly of the image capturing unitaccording to the 1st embodiment, when a focal length of the opticalimaging lens assembly is f, an f-number of the optical imaging lensassembly is Fno, and half of a maximum field of view of the opticalimaging lens assembly is HFOV, these parameters have the followingvalues: f=1.91 millimeters (mm), Fno=2.15, HFOV=59.0 degrees (deg.).

When the maximum field of view of the optical imaging lens assembly isFOV, the following condition is satisfied: FOV=118.0 [deg.].

When the number of lens elements having an Abbe number smaller than 20among the first through the seventh lens elements is V20, the followingcondition is satisfied: V20=3.

When an axial distance between the object-side surface 111 of the firstlens element 110 and the image surface 190 is TL, and a maximum imageheight of the optical imaging lens assembly is ImgH, the followingcondition is satisfied: TL/ImgH=1.71.

When an axial distance between the object-side surface 111 of the firstlens element 110 and the image-side surface 172 of the seventh lenselement 170 is Td, and a maximum effective radius of the image-sidesurface 172 of the seventh lens element 170 is Y72, the followingcondition is satisfied: Td/|Y72|=1.41.

When a maximum effective radius of the object-side surface 111 of thefirst lens element 110 is Y11, and the maximum effective radius of theimage-side surface 172 of the seventh lens element 170 is Y72, thefollowing condition is satisfied: |Y11/Y72|=0.33.

When the maximum effective radius of the object-side surface 111 of thefirst lens element 110 is Y11, and an aperture radius of the aperturestop 100 is Ystop, the following condition is satisfied:|Y11/Ystop|=1.40.

When the maximum effective radius of the image-side surface 172 of theseventh lens element 170 is Y72, and the focal length of the opticalimaging lens assembly is f, the following condition is satisfied:|Y72|/f=1.04.

When a vertical distance between a convex critical point closest to amaximum effective radius position on the image-side surface 162 of thesixth lens element 160 and an optical axis is Yc62, and a verticaldistance between a convex critical point closest to a maximum effectiveradius position on the image-side surface 172 of the seventh lenselement 170 and the optical axis is Yc72, the following condition issatisfied: |Yc62/Yc72|=1.01.

When a vertical distance from the optical axis to an intersection pointof the image-side surface 172 of the seventh lens element 170 and achief ray with an incident angle of 55 degrees relative to the opticalaxis is Yc_55, and the maximum image height of the optical imaging lensassembly is ImgH, the following condition is satisfied:|Yc_55|/ImgH=0.78.

When a curvature radius of the object-side surface 111 of the first lenselement 110 is R1, a curvature radius of the image-side surface 112 ofthe first lens element 110 is R2, a curvature radius of the object-sidesurface 121 of the second lens element 120 is R3, a curvature radius ofthe image-side surface 122 of the second lens element 120 is R4, acurvature radius of the object-side surface 131 of the third lenselement 130 is R5, a curvature radius of the image-side surface 132 ofthe third lens element 130 is R6, a curvature radius of the object-sidesurface 141 of the fourth lens element 140 is R7, a curvature radius ofthe image-side surface 142 of the fourth lens element 140 is R8, acurvature radius of the object-side surface 151 of the fifth lenselement 150 is R9, a curvature radius of the image-side surface 152 ofthe fifth lens element 150 is R10, a curvature radius of the object-sidesurface 161 of the sixth lens element 160 is R11, a curvature radius ofthe image-side surface 162 of the sixth lens element 160 is R12, acurvature radius of the object-side surface 171 of the seventh lenselement 170 is R13, a curvature radius of the image-side surface 172 ofthe seventh lens element 170 is R14, the following conditions aresatisfied: |R14/R1|=0.19; |R14/R2|=0.22; |R14/R31=0.0017; |R14/R4|=0.02;|R14/R5|=0.18; |R14/R6|=0.16; |R14/R7|=0.12; |R14/R8|=0.09;|R14/R9|=0.30; |R14/R10|=0.79; |R14/R11|=0.18; |R14/R12|=0.37; and|R14/R13|=0.77.

When the curvature radius of the image-side surface 172 of the seventhlens element 170 is R14, and the maximum effective radius of theimage-side surface 172 of the seventh lens element 170 is Y72, thefollowing condition is satisfied: R14/|Y72|=0.26.

When the focal length of the optical imaging lens assembly is f, and thecurvature radius of the image-side surface 162 of the sixth lens element160 is R12, the following condition is satisfied: f/R12=1.38.

When the focal length of the optical imaging lens assembly is f, a focallength of the first lens element 110 is f1, and a focal length of thesecond lens element 120 is f2, the following condition is satisfied:|f/f1|+|f/f2|=0.21.

The detailed optical data of the 1st embodiment are shown in Table 1 andthe aspheric surface data are shown in Table 2 below.

TABLE 1 1st Embodiment f = 1.91 mm, Fno = 2.15, HFOV = 59.0 deg. SurfaceAbbe Focal # Curvature Radius Thickness Material Index # Length  0Object Plano Infinity  1 Lens 1 −2.691 (ASP) 0.218 Glass 2.144 17.810.80  2 −2.305 (ASP) 0.016  3 Ape. Stop Plano 0.044  4 Lens 2 308.780(ASP) 0.267 Plastic 1.544 55.9 −57.47  5 28.365 (ASP) 0.061  6 Lens 32.876 (ASP) 0.346 Plastic 1.544 55.9 2.84  7 −3.186 (ASP) 0.111  8 Lens4 −4.248 (ASP) 0.200 Plastic 1.669 19.5 −3.63  9 5.790 (ASP) 0.126 10Lens 5 −1.742 (ASP) 0.844 Plastic 1.544 55.9 1.52 11 −0.656 (ASP) 0.03512 Lens 6 2.798 (ASP) 0.250 Plastic 1.669 19.5 −4.40 13 1.383 (ASP)0.037 14 Lens 7 0.671 (ASP) 0.250 Plastic 1.544 55.9 −9.34 15 0.515(ASP) 0.700 16 IR-cut filter Plano 0.110 Glass 1.517 64.2 — 17 Plano0.286 18 Image Plano — Note: Reference wavelength is 587.6 nm (d-line).

TABLE 2 Aspheric Coefficients Surface # 1 2 4 5 6 k= −1.4448E+00−8.0405E+00 −9.0000E+01  2.0000E+01 −2.1418E+01 A4= −2.3636E−02−4.7006E−02 −2.5668E−01 −1.0193E+00 −4.4016E−01 A6= −1.8841E−02 8.7654E−02  2.7268E−01 −8.7515E−01 −1.2339E+00 A8=  2.2536E−01−2.9638E−02 −2.2951E+00  2.0434E+00  7.4940E−01 A10= −1.4957E−01 9.8025E−02 −3.7977E+00 −4.4659E+00 −3.9320E+00 A12= — — — —  7.8012E+00Surface # 7 8 9 10 11 k= −4.2009E+01 1.0558E+01 −3.5117E+01 −1.4745E+01−1.9189E+00 A4= −1.4138E−01 −9.5529E−01  −7.3912E−01 −3.6296E−01−1.1895E−01 A6=  3.1113E−01 1.4373E+00  1.5783E+00  1.0847E+00−9.0242E−02 A8= −1.8077E+00 −1.4897E+00  −2.2541E+00 −1.2539E+00 3.1575E−01 A10=  1.9438E+00 1.2740E+00  2.1406E+00  7.5463E−01−6.0334E−01 A12= −1.2493E+00 −1.0550E+00  −1.2093E+00 −2.2478E−01 6.5194E−01 A14= — 4.6620E−01  3.1084E−01  2.4886E−02 −2.9335E−01 A16= —— −2.0218E−02 —  4.4743E−02 Surface # 12 13 14 15 k= −6.8796E+01−3.5719E+00 −1.9269E+00 −2.9538E+00 A4=  3.9817E−01  1.8517E−01−3.1011E−01 −1.7219E−01 A6= −5.3918E−01 −3.2718E−01  2.8735E−01 1.3242E−01 A8=  3.4973E−01  2.2479E−01 −1.7575E−01 −6.6951E−02 A10=−1.2636E−01 −8.5932E−02  5.8107E−02  1.8025E−02 A12=  2.3733E−02 1.8484E−02 −1.0207E−02 −2.5533E−03 A14= −1.9241E−03 −2.0801E−03 9.0122E−04  1.7769E−04 A16=  2.9235E−05  9.5006E−05 −3.1449E−05−4.7505E−06

In Table 1, the curvature radius, the thickness and the focal length areshown in millimeters (mm). Surface numbers 0-18 represent the surfacessequentially arranged from the object side to the image side along theoptical axis. In Table 2, k represents the conic coefficient of theequation of the aspheric surface profiles. A4-A16 represent the asphericcoefficients ranging from the 4th order to the 16th order. The tablespresented below for each embodiment are the corresponding schematicparameter and aberration curves, and the definitions of the tables arethe same as Table 1 and Table 2 of the 1st embodiment. Therefore, anexplanation in this regard will not be provided again.

2nd Embodiment

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of an image capturing unit according to the2nd embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 4 shows, in order fromleft to right, spherical aberration curves, astigmatic field curves anda distortion curve of the image capturing unit according to the 2ndembodiment. In FIG. 3, the image capturing unit includes the opticalimaging lens assembly (its reference numeral is omitted) of the presentdisclosure and an image sensor 295. The optical imaging lens assemblyincludes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lenselement 210, an aperture stop 200, a second lens element 220, a thirdlens element 230, a fourth lens element 240, a fifth lens element 250, asixth lens element 260, a seventh lens element 270, an IR-cut filter 280and an image surface 290. The optical imaging lens assembly includesseven lens elements (210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260 and 270) with noadditional lens element disposed between each of the adjacent seven lenselements.

The first lens element 210 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 211 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 212 being concave in a paraxial region thereof. Thefirst lens element 210 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 211 and the image-side surface 212 being bothaspheric.

The second lens element 220 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 221 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 222 being concave in a paraxial region thereof. Thesecond lens element 220 is made of glass material and has theobject-side surface 221 and the image-side surface 222 being bothaspheric.

The third lens element 230 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 231 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 232 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thethird lens element 230 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 231 and the image-side surface 232 being bothaspheric.

The fourth lens element 240 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 241 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 242 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thefourth lens element 240 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 241 and the image-side surface 242 being bothaspheric.

The fifth lens element 250 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 251 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 252 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thefifth lens element 250 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 251 and the image-side surface 252 being bothaspheric.

The sixth lens element 260 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 261 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 262 being concave in a paraxial region thereof. Thesixth lens element 260 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 261 and the image-side surface 262 being bothaspheric.

The seventh lens element 270 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 271 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 272 being concave in a paraxial region thereof. Theseventh lens element 270 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 271 and the image-side surface 272 being bothaspheric. Each of the object-side surface 271 and the image-side surface272 of the seventh lens element 270 has at least one critical point inan off-axis region thereof.

The IR-cut filter 280 is made of glass material and located between theseventh lens element 270 and the image surface 290, and will not affectthe focal length of the optical imaging lens assembly. The image sensor295 is disposed on or near the image surface 290 of the optical imaginglens assembly.

The detailed optical data of the 2nd embodiment are shown in Table 3 andthe aspheric surface data are shown in Table 4 below.

TABLE 3 2nd Embodiment f = 1.92 mm, Fno = 2.10, HFOV = 59.0 deg. SurfaceAbbe Focal # Curvature Radius Thickness Material Index # Length  0Object Plano Infinity  1 Lens 1 70.761 (ASP) 0.200 Plastic 1.669 19.5−65.32  2 26.982 (ASP) −0.012  3 Ape. Stop Plano 0.087  4 Lens 2 28.658(ASP) 0.200 Glass 1.658 36.9 −5422.10  5 28.351 (ASP) 0.035  6 Lens 31.827 (ASP) 0.463 Plastic 1.544 56.0 1.94  7 −2.280 (ASP) 0.139  8 Lens4 −1.858 (ASP) 0.200 Plastic 1.669 19.5 −4.36  9 −5.335 (ASP) 0.133 10Lens 5 −0.866 (ASP) 0.603 Plastic 1.544 56.0 1.82 11 −0.575 (ASP) 0.03512 Lens 6 3.862 (ASP) 0.250 Plastic 1.669 19.5 −3.73 13 1.477 (ASP)0.035 14 Lens 7 0.612 (ASP) 0.272 Plastic 1.544 56.0 197.71 15 0.520(ASP) 0.700 16 IR-cut filter Plano 0.110 Glass 1.517 64.2 — 17 Plano0.251 18 Image Plano — Note: Reference wavelength is 587.6 nm (d-line).An effective radius of the image-side surface 242 (Surface 9) is 0.950mm.

TABLE 4 Aspheric Coefficients Surface # 1 2 4 5 6 k= −9.0000E+01−9.0000E+01  2.0000E+01 −9.0000E+01 −4.3482E+01 A4= −3.5230E−01−6.1386E−01 −8.4480E−01 −2.8110E+00 −2.0718E+00 A6=  5.6286E−01 2.4008E+00  6.4609E+00  1.4783E+01  1.1905E+01 A8= −6.8195E+00−2.8531E+01 −8.2055E+01 −9.7274E+01 −1.0345E+02 A10=  4.4013E+01 2.3442E+02  6.0294E+02  4.4580E+02  5.8730E+02 A12= −1.8714E+02−1.1671E+03 −2.6074E+03 −1.2546E+03 −1.9556E+03 A14=  4.5159E+02 3.1978E+03  5.8210E+03  1.7605E+03  3.3957E+03 A16= −4.2019E+02−3.2791E+03 −4.8953E+03 −8.1179E+02 −2.3564E+03 Surface # 7 8 9 10 11 k= 5.1188E+00  3.2777E+00 1.2602E+01 −8.7761E+00 −1.8658E+00 A4=−1.9151E−01 −7.8536E−01 4.6141E−02 −9.0453E−01 −3.5348E−02 A6=−2.6260E+00 −2.2697E−01 −3.0605E+00   5.3567E+00 −6.2094E−01 A8= 5.6174E+00 −3.6370E+01 8.8577E+00 −1.6862E+01  2.3197E+00 A10=−7.7079E+00  2.4295E+02 −1.2646E+01   2.7176E+01 −3.9461E+00 A12= 3.6686E+01 −6.2689E+02 1.0176E+01 −2.3329E+01  3.3256E+00 A14=−1.1610E+02  7.3061E+02 −4.3398E+00   1.0343E+01 −1.3039E+00 A16= 1.0862E+02 −3.1691E+02 7.4926E−01 −1.8809E+00  1.8851E−01 Surface # 1213 14 15 k= −9.0000E+01 −7.5863E−01 −1.3179E+00 −3.2132E+00 A4= 7.0311E−01  3.0521E−01 −5.2291E−01 −9.6757E−02 A6= −1.0183E+00−6.6195E−01  5.1856E−01  6.3562E−02 A8=  7.5656E−01  5.4018E−01−3.6837E−01 −5.1666E−02 A10= −3.3169E−01 −2.5539E−01  1.4934E−01 2.4391E−02 A12=  8.2069E−02  7.0212E−02 −3.3074E−02 −6.1336E−03 A14=−1.0375E−02 −1.0330E−02  3.7389E−03  7.6304E−04 A16=  5.1470E−04 6.2686E−04 −1.6845E−04 −3.6649E−05

In the 2nd embodiment, the equation of the aspheric surface profiles ofthe aforementioned lens elements is the same as the equation of the 1stembodiment. Also, the definitions of these parameters shown in thefollowing table are the same as those stated in the 1st embodiment withcorresponding values for the 2nd embodiment, so an explanation in thisregard will not be provided again.

Moreover, these parameters can be calculated from Table 3 and Table 4 asthe following values and satisfy the following conditions:

2nd Embodiment f [mm] 1.92 |R14/R3| 0.02 Fno 2.10 |R14/R4| 0.02 HFOV[deg.] 59.0 |R14/R5| 0.28 FOV [deg.] 118.0 |R14/R6| 0.23 V20 3 |R14/R7|0.28 TL/ImgH 1.62 |R14/R8| 0.10 Td/|Y72| 1.32 |R14/R9| 0.60 |Y11/Y72|0.28 |R14/R10| 0.90 |Y11/Ystop| 1.21 |R14/R11| 0.13 |Y72|/f 1.04|R14/R12| 0.35 |Yc62/Yc72| 0.95 |R14/R13| 0.85 |Yc_55|/ImgH 0.80R14/|Y72| 0.26 |R14/R1| 0.01 f/R12 1.30 |R14/R2| 0.02 |f/f1| + |f/f2|0.03

3rd Embodiment

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of an image capturing unit according to the3rd embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 6 shows, in order fromleft to right, spherical aberration curves, astigmatic field curves anda distortion curve of the image capturing unit according to the 3rdembodiment. In FIG. 5, the image capturing unit includes the opticalimaging lens assembly (its reference numeral is omitted) of the presentdisclosure and an image sensor 395. The optical imaging lens assemblyincludes, in order from an object side to an image side, an aperturestop 300, a first lens element 310, a stop 301, a second lens element320, a third lens element 330, a fourth lens element 340, a fifth lenselement 350, a sixth lens element 360, a seventh lens element 370, anIR-cut filter 380 and an image surface 390. The optical imaging lensassembly includes seven lens elements (310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360 and370) with no additional lens element disposed between each of theadjacent seven lens elements.

The first lens element 310 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 311 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 312 being concave in a paraxial region thereof. Thefirst lens element 310 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 311 and the image-side surface 312 being bothaspheric.

The second lens element 320 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 321 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 322 being concave in a paraxial region thereof. Thesecond lens element 320 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 321 and the image-side surface 322 being bothaspheric.

The third lens element 330 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 331 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 332 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thethird lens element 330 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 331 and the image-side surface 332 being bothaspheric.

The fourth lens element 340 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 341 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 342 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thefourth lens element 340 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 341 and the image-side surface 342 being bothaspheric.

The fifth lens element 350 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 351 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 352 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thefifth lens element 350 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 351 and the image-side surface 352 being bothaspheric.

The sixth lens element 360 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 361 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 362 being concave in a paraxial region thereof. Thesixth lens element 360 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 361 and the image-side surface 362 being bothaspheric.

The seventh lens element 370 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 371 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 372 being concave in a paraxial region thereof. Theseventh lens element 370 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 371 and the image-side surface 372 being bothaspheric. Each of the object-side surface 371 and the image-side surface372 of the seventh lens element 370 has at least one critical point inan off-axis region thereof.

The IR-cut filter 380 is made of glass material and located between theseventh lens element 370 and the image surface 390, and will not affectthe focal length of the optical imaging lens assembly. The image sensor395 is disposed on or near the image surface 390 of the optical imaginglens assembly.

The detailed optical data of the 3rd embodiment are shown in Table 5 andthe aspheric surface data are shown in Table 6 below.

TABLE 5 3rd Embodiment f = 1.65 mm, Fno = 1.87, HFOV = 57.5 deg. SurfaceAbbe Focal # Curvature Radius Thickness Material Index # Length  0Object Plano Infinity  1 Ape. Stop Plano 0.024  2 Lens 1 70.761 (ASP)0.217 Plastic 1.614 26.0 489.20  3 92.471 (ASP) −0.023  4 Stop Plano0.090  5 Lens 2 5.238 (ASP) 0.200 Plastic 1.544 56.0 −15.98  6 3.225(ASP) 0.035  7 Lens 3 1.024 (ASP) 0.386 Plastic 1.544 56.0 1.73  8−10.284 (ASP) 0.168  9 Lens 4 −2.232 (ASP) 0.200 Plastic 1.669 19.5−9.66 10 −3.534 (ASP) 0.104 11 Lens 5 −0.895 (ASP) 0.600 Plastic 1.54456.0 2.65 12 −0.682 (ASP) 0.035 13 Lens 6 3.712 (ASP) 0.250 Plastic1.669 19.5 −3.46 14 1.387 (ASP) 0.035 15 Lens 7 0.525 (ASP) 0.303Plastic 1.544 56.0 4.42 16 0.535 (ASP) 0.500 17 IR-cut filter Plano0.145 Glass 1.517 64.2 — 18 Plano 0.275 19 Image Plano — Note: Referencewavelength is 587.6 nm (d-line). An effective radius of the stop 301(Surface 4) is 0.530 mm. An effective radius of the object-side surface341 (Surface 9) is 0.800 mm.

TABLE 6 Aspheric Coefficients Surface # 2 3 5 6 7 k= −9.0000E+01−5.4003E+01 2.0000E+01 −9.0000E+01 −9.0000E+01 A4= −1.0750E+00−5.3613E−01 −6.1982E−01  −3.1246E+00  1.3686E+00 A6=  2.1240E+01−6.3195E+00 1.9019E+00  2.0361E+01 −3.0225E+01 A8= −3.6696E+02 9.0921E+01 −1.9424E+01  −1.2947E+02  2.3477E+02 A10=  3.4907E+03−7.8741E+02 4.0218E+01  4.6226E+02 −1.1478E+03 A12= −1.8783E+04 3.7954E+03 — −9.0606E+02  3.2538E+03 A14=  5.3296E+04 −9.3419E+03 — 7.7786E+02 −4.8778E+03 A16= −6.1952E+04  9.2963E+03 — —  2.9909E+03Surface # 8 10 11 12 13 k=  1.4850E+01 −6.2831E+01 −9.2458E+00−1.5734E+00 −2.0950E+01 A4= −3.3884E−01  5.6917E−01  1.0768E−01−2.6736E−01  5.1373E−01 A6= −2.4112E−01 −7.4384E+00 −2.1265E+00 5.0588E−02 −5.2234E−01 A8= −4.8729E+00  2.3123E+01  1.0320E+01 1.3297E+00 −5.1293E−02 A10=  1.4011E+01 −3.5408E+01 −2.5089E+01−1.9873E+00  3.9176E−01 A12=  1.0053E+01  2.8716E+01  3.0830E+01 1.7951E−01 −2.8728E−01 A14= −7.6826E+01 −1.1337E+01 −1.8294E+01 1.0567E+00  8.7601E−02 A16=  6.8479E+01  1.5614E+00  4.1939E+00−4.3476E−01 −9.7791E−03 Surface # 14 15 16 k= −1.0082E+00 −1.6348E+00−2.5882E+00 A4=  4.2613E−01 −4.8822E−01 −2.4717E−01 A6= −9.5890E−01 5.3747E−01  8.9114E−02 A8=  8.4242E−01 −5.1638E−01  1.5610E−03 A10=−4.3281E−01  2.9531E−01 −1.4569E−02 A12=  1.3096E−01 −9.2231E−02 6.5253E−03 A14= −2.1480E−02  1.4656E−02 −1.3583E−03 A16=  1.4706E−03−9.2714E−04  1.0983E−04

In the 3rd embodiment, the equation of the aspheric surface profiles ofthe aforementioned lens elements is the same as the equation of the 1stembodiment. Also, the definitions of these parameters shown in thefollowing table are the same as those stated in the 1st embodiment withcorresponding values for the 3rd embodiment, so an explanation in thisregard will not be provided again.

Moreover, these parameters can be calculated from Table 5 and Table 6 asthe following values and satisfy the following conditions:

3rd Embodiment f [mm] 1.65 |R14/R3| 0.10 Fno 1.87 |R14/R4| 0.17 HFOV[deg.] 57.5 |R14/R5| 0.52 FOV [deg.] 115.0 |R14/R6| 0.05 V20 2 |R14/R7|0.24 TL/ImgH 1.54 |R14/R8| 0.15 Td/|Y72| 1.30 |R14/R9| 0.60 |Y11/Y72|0.22 |R14/R10| 0.78 |Y11/Ystop| 1.00 |R14/R11| 0.14 |Y72|/f 1.21|R14/R12| 0.39 |Yc62/Yc72| 0.95 |R14/R13| 1.02 |Yc_55|/ImgH 0.81R14/|Y72| 0.27 |R14/R1| 0.01 f/R12 1.19 |R14/R2| 0.01 |f/f1| + |f/f2|0.11

4th Embodiment

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of an image capturing unit according to the4th embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 8 shows, in order fromleft to right, spherical aberration curves, astigmatic field curves anda distortion curve of the image capturing unit according to the 4thembodiment. In FIG. 7, the image capturing unit includes the opticalimaging lens assembly (its reference numeral is omitted) of the presentdisclosure and an image sensor 495. The optical imaging lens assemblyincludes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lenselement 410, an aperture stop 400, a second lens element 420, a thirdlens element 430, a fourth lens element 440, a fifth lens element 450, asixth lens element 460, a seventh lens element 470, an IR-cut filter 480and an image surface 490. The optical imaging lens assembly includesseven lens elements (410, 420, 430, 440, 450, 460 and 470) with noadditional lens element disposed between each of the adjacent seven lenselements.

The first lens element 410 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 411 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 412 being concave in a paraxial region thereof. Thefirst lens element 410 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 411 and the image-side surface 412 being bothaspheric.

The second lens element 420 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 421 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 422 being concave in a paraxial region thereof. Thesecond lens element 420 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 421 and the image-side surface 422 being bothaspheric.

The third lens element 430 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 431 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 432 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thethird lens element 430 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 431 and the image-side surface 432 being bothaspheric.

The fourth lens element 440 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 441 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 442 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thefourth lens element 440 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 441 and the image-side surface 442 being bothaspheric.

The fifth lens element 450 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 451 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 452 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thefifth lens element 450 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 451 and the image-side surface 452 being bothaspheric.

The sixth lens element 460 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 461 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 462 being concave in a paraxial region thereof. Thesixth lens element 460 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 461 and the image-side surface 462 being bothaspheric.

The seventh lens element 470 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 471 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 472 being concave in a paraxial region thereof. Theseventh lens element 470 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 471 and the image-side surface 472 being bothaspheric. Each of the object-side surface 471 and the image-side surface472 of the seventh lens element 470 has at least one critical point inan off-axis region thereof.

The IR-cut filter 480 is made of glass material and located between theseventh lens element 470 and the image surface 490, and will not affectthe focal length of the optical imaging lens assembly. The image sensor495 is disposed on or near the image surface 490 of the optical imaginglens assembly.

The detailed optical data of the 4th embodiment are shown in Table 7 andthe aspheric surface data are shown in Table 8 below.

TABLE 7 4th Embodiment f = 1.25 mm, Fno = 1.95, HFOV = 56.5 deg. SurfaceAbbe Focal # Curvature Radius Thickness Material Index # Length  0Object Plano Infinity  1 Lens 1 3.814 (ASP) 0.200 Plastic 1.545 56.1−24.92  2 2.923 (ASP) 0.011  3 Ape. Stop Plano 0.039  4 Lens 2 4.175(ASP) 0.281 Plastic 1.544 56.0 9.06  5 26.618 (ASP) 0.035  6 Lens 31.133 (ASP) 0.329 Plastic 1.544 56.0 1.92  7 −12.278 (ASP) 0.212  8 Lens4 −0.651 (ASP) 0.209 Plastic 1.639 23.5 0.71  9 −0.300 (ASP) 0.056 10Lens 5 −0.287 (ASP) 0.437 Plastic 1.544 56.0 −1.23 11 −0.770 (ASP) 0.03512 Lens 6 3.138 (ASP) 0.250 Plastic 1.669 19.5 −5.06 13 1.576 (ASP)0.035 14 Lens 7 0.539 (ASP) 0.361 Plastic 1.544 56.0 3.06 15 0.608 (ASP)0.500 16 IR-cut filter Plano 0.145 Glass 1.517 64.2 — 17 Plano 0.165 18Image Plano — Note: Reference wavelength is 587.6 nm (d-line). Aneffective radius of the object-side surface 441 (Surface 8) is 0.700 mm.

TABLE 8 Aspheric Coefficients Surface # 1 2 4 5 6 k= −6.7482E+01−5.6531E+01 −1.7169E+01 −9.0000E+01 −3.3888E+01 A4= −4.8939E−01−8.8318E−01 −2.1173E−01 −3.7131E+00 −1.0706E+00 A6= −1.7668E+00−4.9578E+00 −7.0153E+00  2.6694E+01 −5.8786E−02 A8= — −1.6155E+01−1.9994E+00 −1.8273E+02 −1.7590E+00 A10= —  1.3348E+02  9.8377E+01 6.3436E+02 −5.1161E+01 A12= — — — −7.5437E+02  1.7494E+02 Surface # 7 89 10 11 k= −3.6967E+01 −4.7637E+00 −9.0000E+01 −6.2076E+01 −2.5795E+00A4=  8.1842E−02  8.0705E−01  1.1391E+00  4.2377E−01 −2.0064E−01 A6=−7.8664E+00 −3.3439E+01 −1.5754E+01 −5.7315E+00 −1.4498E+00 A8= 5.2021E+01  2.0424E+02  6.4925E+01  2.5557E+01  7.6927E+00 A10=−2.5663E+02 −5.5410E+02 −1.3629E+02 −5.8734E+01 −1.3018E+01 A12= 8.2486E+02  7.2528E+02  1.5917E+02  7.1559E+01  7.8776E+00 A14=−1.4997E+03 −3.7189E+02 −9.7948E+01 −4.3788E+01  2.2015E−01 A16= 1.1366E+03 —  2.4467E+01  1.0526E+01 −1.1959E+00 Surface # 12 13 14 15k= −2.0582E+01 −1.1181E+00 −1.9354E+00 −3.6270E+00 A4=  1.0790E+00 9.1650E−01 −3.6775E−01  1.5109E−02 A6= −2.3007E+00 −2.4980E+00 3.8485E−01 −5.1589E−01 A8=  2.2693E+00  2.9722E+00 −5.1545E−01 5.8377E−01 A10= −1.1022E+00 −2.0190E+00  3.8056E−01 −3.0436E−01 A12= 1.6422E−01  7.8465E−01 −1.4217E−01  8.5822E−02 A14=  3.9771E−02−1.6237E−01  2.6018E−02 −1.2758E−02 A16= −1.0779E−02  1.3894E−02−1.8609E−03  7.8566E−04

In the 4th embodiment, the equation of the aspheric surface profiles ofthe aforementioned lens elements is the same as the equation of the 1stembodiment. Also, the definitions of these parameters shown in thefollowing table are the same as those stated in the 1st embodiment withcorresponding values for the 4th embodiment, so an explanation in thisregard will not be provided again.

Moreover, these parameters can be calculated from Table 7 and Table 8 asthe following values and satisfy the following conditions:

4th Embodiment f [mm] 1.25 |R14/R3| 0.15 Fno 1.95 |R14/R4| 0.02 HFOV[deg.] 56.5 |R14/R5| 0.54 FOV [deg.] 113.0 |R14/R6| 0.05 V20 1 |R14/R7|0.93 TL/ImgH 1.44 |R14/R8| 2.03 Td/|Y72| 1.30 |R14/R9| 2.12 |Y11/Y72|0.22 |R14/R10| 0.79 |Y11/Ystop| 1.34 |R14/R11| 0.19 |Y72|/f 1.54|R14/R12| 0.39 |Yc62/Yc72| 1.09 |R14/R13| 1.13 |Yc_55|/ImgH 0.81R14/|Y72| 0.32 |R14/R1| 0.16 f/R12 0.79 |R14/R2| 0.21 |f/f1| + |f/f2|0.19

5th Embodiment

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of an image capturing unit according to the5th embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 10 shows, in order fromleft to right, spherical aberration curves, astigmatic field curves anda distortion curve of the image capturing unit according to the 5thembodiment. In FIG. 9, the image capturing unit includes the opticalimaging lens assembly (its reference numeral is omitted) of the presentdisclosure and an image sensor 595. The optical imaging lens assemblyincludes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lenselement 510, a stop 501, a second lens element 520, an aperture stop500, a third lens element 530, a fourth lens element 540, a fifth lenselement 550, a sixth lens element 560, a seventh lens element 570, anIR-cut filter 580 and an image surface 590. The optical imaging lensassembly includes seven lens elements (510, 520, 530, 540, 550, 560 and570) with no additional lens element disposed between each of theadjacent seven lens elements.

The first lens element 510 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 511 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 512 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thefirst lens element 510 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 511 and the image-side surface 512 being bothaspheric.

The second lens element 520 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 521 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 522 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thesecond lens element 520 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 521 and the image-side surface 522 being bothaspheric.

The third lens element 530 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 531 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 532 being concave in a paraxial region thereof. Thethird lens element 530 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 531 and the image-side surface 532 being bothaspheric.

The fourth lens element 540 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 541 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 542 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thefourth lens element 540 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 541 and the image-side surface 542 being bothaspheric.

The fifth lens element 550 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 551 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 552 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thefifth lens element 550 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 551 and the image-side surface 552 being bothaspheric.

The sixth lens element 560 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 561 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 562 being concave in a paraxial region thereof. Thesixth lens element 560 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 561 and the image-side surface 562 being bothaspheric.

The seventh lens element 570 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 571 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 572 being concave in a paraxial region thereof. Theseventh lens element 570 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 571 and the image-side surface 572 being bothaspheric. Each of the object-side surface 571 and the image-side surface572 of the seventh lens element 570 has at least one critical point inan off-axis region thereof.

The IR-cut filter 580 is made of glass material and located between theseventh lens element 570 and the image surface 590, and will not affectthe focal length of the optical imaging lens assembly. The image sensor595 is disposed on or near the image surface 590 of the optical imaginglens assembly.

The detailed optical data of the 5th embodiment are shown in Table 9 andthe aspheric surface data are shown in Table 10 below.

TABLE 9 5th Embodiment f = 3.13 mm, Fno = 2.01, HFOV = 55.6 deg. SurfaceAbbe Focal # Curvature Radius Thickness Material Index # Length  0Object Plano Infinity  1 Lens 1 −3.416 (ASP) 0.550 Plastic 1.545 56.1209.88  2 −3.505 (ASP) 0.036  3 Stop Plano 0.014  4 Lens 2 3.813 (ASP)0.416 Plastic 1.544 56.0 5.51  5 −13.453 (ASP) −0.018  6 Ape. Stop Plano0.069  7 Lens 3 2.832 (ASP) 0.201 Plastic 1.582 30.2 −19.47  8 2.207(ASP) 0.358  9 Lens 4 60.177 (ASP) 1.092 Plastic 1.544 56.0 6.40 10−3.674 (ASP) 0.188 11 Lens 5 −1.541 (ASP) 0.300 Plastic 1.669 19.5 −4.4112 −3.482 (ASP) 0.035 13 Lens 6 1.935 (ASP) 0.651 Plastic 1.544 56.04.10 14 12.835 (ASP) 0.471 15 Lens 7 1.006 (ASP) 0.450 Plastic 1.54456.0 −25.56 16 0.790 (ASP) 0.640 17 IR-cut filter Plano 0.145 Glass1.517 64.2 — 18 Plano 0.300 19 Image Plano — Note: Reference wavelengthis 587.6 nm (d-line). An effective radius of the stop 501 (Surface 3) is0.900 mm.

TABLE 10 Aspheric Coefficients Surface # 1 2 4 5 7 k= −3.9540E+00 −1.6220E+00 −3.7685E+00  9.0000E+01  5.8756E+00 A4= 4.8458E−04−4.9379E−02 −1.1444E−01 −1.3840E−02 −5.8669E−03 A6= 2.0058E−03 1.6657E−01  1.7698E−01 −5.0340E−01 −5.0287E−01 A8= −2.4252E−03 −2.6618E−01 −3.9020E−01  1.4461E+00  1.1406E+00 A10= 3.0884E−03 2.7509E−01  4.7858E−01 −2.2420E+00 −1.4780E+00 A12= −1.0596E−03 −1.5398E−01 −3.0162E−01  1.8409E+00  1.0069E+00 A14= 1.3258E−04 3.7039E−02  7.6335E−02 −6.2022E−01 −2.9858E−01 Surface # 8 9 10 11 12k= −4.3802E+00 −9.0000E+01  4.8477E+00 −4.7496E−02 −3.9766E−02 A4= 4.3260E−02 −2.4352E−02 −7.6941E−02 −1.4145E−01 −2.4099E−01 A6=−1.9180E−01 −4.2985E−02 −3.3084E−01 −8.2001E−02  2.4330E−01 A8= 2.7674E−01  1.0093E−01  6.5473E−01  5.0298E−01 −1.1951E−01 A10=−2.1765E−01 −1.3500E−01 −5.4005E−01 −4.3620E−01  3.9930E−02 A12= 6.8050E−02  5.7380E−02  2.4727E−01  1.5739E−01 −7.9956E−03 A14= — —−7.0047E−02 −2.0930E−02  6.7272E−04 A16= — —  1.0293E−02 — — Surface #13 14 15 16 k= −7.2112E+00 1.4189E+01 −2.9178E+00 −2.1290E+00 A4= 6.8725E−02 1.4084E−01 −9.1615E−02 −1.3186E−01 A6= −5.1836E−02−9.9793E−02  −4.0165E−02  4.4340E−02 A8=  2.2107E−02 4.4157E−02 3.5219E−02 −9.0960E−03 A10= −7.8589E−03 −1.4939E−02  −1.0875E−02 9.0034E−04 A12=  2.0375E−03 3.6448E−03  1.8671E−03  9.2558E−06 A14=−3.5084E−04 −5.9956E−04  −1.9213E−04 −1.1873E−05 A16=  3.8172E−056.1838E−05  1.1727E−05  1.2203E−06 A18= −2.3803E−06 −3.5657E−06 −3.8990E−07 −5.4188E−08 A20=  6.4582E−08 8.7070E−08  5.4052E−09 9.2247E−10

In the 5th embodiment, the equation of the aspheric surface profiles ofthe aforementioned lens elements is the same as the equation of the 1stembodiment. Also, the definitions of these parameters shown in thefollowing table are the same as those stated in the 1st embodiment withcorresponding values for the 5th embodiment, so an explanation in thisregard will not be provided again.

Moreover, these parameters can be calculated from Table 9 and Table 10as the following values and satisfy the following conditions:

5th Embodiment f [mm] 3.13 |R14/R3| 0.21 Fno 2.01 |R14/R4| 0.06 HFOV[deg.] 55.6 |R14/R5| 0.28 FOV [deg.] 111.2 |R14/R6| 0.36 V20 1 |R14/R7|0.01 TL/ImgH 1.62 |R14/R8| 0.22 Td/|Y72| 1.49 |R14/R9| 0.51 |Y11/Y72|0.43 |R14/R10| 0.23 |Y11/Ystop| 1.73 |R14/R11| 0.41 |Y72|/f 1.04|R14/R12| 0.06 |Yc62/Yc72| 1.13 |R14/R13| 0.79 |Yc_55|/ImgH 0.86R14/|Y72| 0.24 |R14/R1| 0.23 f/R12 0.24 |R14/R2| 0.23 |f/f1| + |f/f2|0.58

6th Embodiment

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of an image capturing unit according to the6th embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 12 shows, in order fromleft to right, spherical aberration curves, astigmatic field curves anda distortion curve of the image capturing unit according to the 6thembodiment. In FIG. 11, the image capturing unit includes the opticalimaging lens assembly (its reference numeral is omitted) of the presentdisclosure and an image sensor 695. The optical imaging lens assemblyincludes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lenselement 610, an aperture stop 600, a second lens element 620, a thirdlens element 630, a fourth lens element 640, a fifth lens element 650, asixth lens element 660, a seventh lens element 670, an IR-cut filter 680and an image surface 690. The optical imaging lens assembly includesseven lens elements (610, 620, 630, 640, 650, 660 and 670) with noadditional lens element disposed between each of the adjacent seven lenselements.

The first lens element 610 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 611 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 612 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thefirst lens element 610 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 611 and the image-side surface 612 being bothaspheric.

The second lens element 620 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 621 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 622 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thesecond lens element 620 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 621 and the image-side surface 622 being bothaspheric.

The third lens element 630 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 631 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 632 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thethird lens element 630 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 631 and the image-side surface 632 being bothaspheric.

The fourth lens element 640 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 641 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 642 being concave in a paraxial region thereof.The fourth lens element 640 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 641 and the image-side surface 642 being bothaspheric.

The fifth lens element 650 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 651 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 652 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thefifth lens element 650 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 651 and the image-side surface 652 being bothaspheric.

The sixth lens element 660 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 661 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 662 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thesixth lens element 660 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 661 and the image-side surface 662 being bothaspheric.

The seventh lens element 670 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 671 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 672 being concave in a paraxial region thereof. Theseventh lens element 670 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 671 and the image-side surface 672 being bothaspheric. Each of the object-side surface 671 and the image-side surface672 of the seventh lens element 670 has at least one critical point inan off-axis region thereof.

The IR-cut filter 680 is made of glass material and located between theseventh lens element 670 and the image surface 690, and will not affectthe focal length of the optical imaging lens assembly. The image sensor695 is disposed on or near the image surface 690 of the optical imaginglens assembly.

The detailed optical data of the 6th embodiment are shown in Table 11and the aspheric surface data are shown in Table 12 below.

TABLE 11 6th Embodiment f = 1.40 mm, Fno = 1.98, HFOV = 60.5 deg.Surface Abbe Focal # Curvature Radius Thickness Material Index # Length 0 Object Plano Infinity  1 Lens 1 94.518 (ASP) 0.327 Plastic 1.669 19.522.06  2 −17.459 (ASP) 0.303  3 Ape. Stop Plano 0.012  4 Lens 2 70.883(ASP) 0.365 Plastic 1.544 55.9 2.97  5 −1.652 (ASP) 0.042  6 Lens 3−5.692 (ASP) 0.200 Plastic 1.669 19.5 −16.22  7 −12.142 (ASP) 0.054  8Lens 4 −7.380 (ASP) 0.312 Plastic 1.544 55.9 −1.03  9 0.617 (ASP) 0.03510 Lens 5 0.660 (ASP) 0.564 Plastic 1.544 55.9 0.69 11 −0.607 (ASP)0.035 12 Lens 6 −0.386 (ASP) 0.200 Plastic 1.669 19.5 −2.03 13 −0.650(ASP) 0.035 14 Lens 7 0.315 (ASP) 0.250 Plastic 1.544 55.9 6.31 15 0.250(ASP) 0.550 16 IR-cut filter Plano 0.110 Glass 1.517 64.2 — 17 Plano0.128 18 Image Plano — Note: Reference wavelength is 587.6 nm (d-line).An effective radius of the image-side surface 652 (Surface 11) is 1.050mm.

TABLE 12 Aspheric Coefficients Surface # 1 2 4 5 6 k= −9.0000E+01 −3.1437E+00  −1.0000E+00 −1.0059E+00 −1.0000E+00 A4= 7.4749E−021.4503E−01 −5.2002E−02 −5.8238E−01 −2.6434E−01 A6= 6.0276E−05−6.9494E−02  −4.5487E+00 −3.9691E+00 −2.3771E+00 A8= −1.6698E−02 6.5770E−04  3.9188E+01  1.3254E+01 −1.1961E+01 A10= 6.4962E−031.2796E−02 −1.5435E+02 −2.5306E+01  6.0261E+01 A12= — — — — −1.0799E+02Surface # 7 8 9 10 11 k= −1.0000E+00 −1.0000E+01 −4.0000E+01 −3.4298E+01−2.2141E+00 A4= −7.5895E−02 −9.3623E−01 −5.5935E−01 −9.8183E−01−9.2628E−01 A6=  5.5270E−01  2.4385E+00  3.8225E−02  6.8249E−01 3.5771E+00 A8= −8.3495E+00 −4.9369E+00  3.8910E+00  1.3035E+00−1.3638E+01 A10=  1.8397E+01  7.1266E+00 −2.7305E+01 −8.4364E−01 3.2077E+01 A12= −1.2869E+01 −3.9218E+00  7.5252E+01 −1.5880E+00−3.7264E+01 A14= —  2.2838E−01 −9.5120E+01  1.0926E+00  2.0710E+01 A16=— —  4.5098E+01 — −4.4645E+00 Surface # 12 13 14 15 k= −1.1600E+01−8.8769E+00 −8.3128E+00 −4.0280E+00 A4=  5.7505E−01  2.1744E+00 4.4082E−01  2.5885E−01 A6=  1.6167E+00 −4.2893E+00 −9.1383E−01−7.4047E−01 A8= −7.1985E+00  4.3675E+00  3.3420E−01  6.8697E−01 A10= 1.0730E+01 −2.6519E+00  1.4081E−01 −3.5540E−01 A12= −8.2797E+00 9.4434E−01 −1.2814E−01  1.0304E−01 A14=  3.2329E+00 −1.7964E−01 3.2381E−02 −1.5324E−02 A16= −4.9873E−01  1.3904E−02 −2.8357E−03 9.0145E−04

In the 6th embodiment, the equation of the aspheric surface profiles ofthe aforementioned lens elements is the same as the equation of the 1stembodiment. Also, the definitions of these parameters shown in thefollowing table are the same as those stated in the 1st embodiment withcorresponding values for the 6th embodiment, so an explanation in thisregard will not be provided again.

Moreover, these parameters can be calculated from Table 11 and Table 12as the following values and satisfy the following conditions:

6th Embodiment f [mm] 1.40 |R14/R3| 0.0035 Fno 1.98 |R14/R4| 0.15 HFOV[deg.] 60.5 |R14/R5| 0.04 FOV [deg.] 121.0 |R14/R6| 0.02 V20 3 |R14/R7|0.03 TL/ImgH 1.54 |R14/R8| 0.41 Td/|Y72| 1.44 |R14/R9| 0.38 |Y11/Y72|0.70 |R14/R10| 0.41 |Y11/Ystop| 3.80 |R14/R11| 0.65 |Y72|/f 1.36|R14/R12| 0.38 |Yc62/Yc72| 0.97 |R14/R13| 0.79 |Yc_55|/ImgH 0.71R14/|Y72| 0.13 |R14/R1| 0.0026 f/R12 −2.16 |R14/R2| 0.01 |f/f1| + |f/f2|0.53

7th Embodiment

FIG. 13 is a schematic view of an image capturing unit according to the7th embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 14 shows, in order fromleft to right, spherical aberration curves, astigmatic field curves anda distortion curve of the image capturing unit according to the 7thembodiment. In FIG. 13, the image capturing unit includes the opticalimaging lens assembly (its reference numeral is omitted) of the presentdisclosure and an image sensor 795. The optical imaging lens assemblyincludes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lenselement 710, an aperture stop 700, a second lens element 720, a thirdlens element 730, a fourth lens element 740, a fifth lens element 750, asixth lens element 760, a seventh lens element 770, an IR-cut filter 780and an image surface 790. The optical imaging lens assembly includesseven lens elements (710, 720, 730, 740, 750, 760 and 770) with noadditional lens element disposed between each of the adjacent seven lenselements.

The first lens element 710 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 711 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 712 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thefirst lens element 710 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 711 and the image-side surface 712 being bothaspheric.

The second lens element 720 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 721 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 722 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thesecond lens element 720 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 721 and the image-side surface 722 being bothaspheric.

The third lens element 730 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 731 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 732 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thethird lens element 730 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 731 and the image-side surface 732 being bothaspheric.

The fourth lens element 740 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 741 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 742 being concave in a paraxial region thereof.The fourth lens element 740 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 741 and the image-side surface 742 being bothaspheric.

The fifth lens element 750 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 751 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 752 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thefifth lens element 750 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 751 and the image-side surface 752 being bothaspheric.

The sixth lens element 760 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 761 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 762 being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Thesixth lens element 760 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 761 and the image-side surface 762 being bothaspheric.

The seventh lens element 770 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 771 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 772 being concave in a paraxial region thereof. Theseventh lens element 770 is made of plastic material and has theobject-side surface 771 and the image-side surface 772 being bothaspheric. Each of the object-side surface 771 and the image-side surface772 of the seventh lens element 770 has at least one critical point inan off-axis region thereof.

The IR-cut filter 780 is made of glass material and located between theseventh lens element 770 and the image surface 790, and will not affectthe focal length of the optical imaging lens assembly. The image sensor795 is disposed on or near the image surface 790 of the optical imaginglens assembly.

The detailed optical data of the 7th embodiment are shown in Table 13and the aspheric surface data are shown in Table 14 below.

TABLE 13 7th Embodiment f = 1.63 mm, Fno = 2.10, HFOV = 57.5 deg.Surface Abbe Focal # Curvature Radius Thickness Material Index # Length 0 Object Plano Infinity  1 Lens 1 −69.662 (ASP) 0.364 Plastic 1.66919.5 34.45  2 −17.351 (ASP) 0.376  3 Ape. Stop Plano 0.015  4 Lens 212.420 (ASP) 0.393 Plastic 1.544 56.0 2.95  5 −1.823 (ASP) 0.035  6 Lens3 −3.912 (ASP) 0.200 Plastic 1.614 26.0 −9.30  7 −12.659 (ASP) 0.076  8Lens 4 −7.051 (ASP) 0.311 Plastic 1.544 56.0 −3.01  9 2.168 (ASP) 0.06910 Lens 5 1.872 (ASP) 0.670 Plastic 1.544 56.0 0.99 11 −0.660 (ASP)0.035 12 Lens 6 −1.716 (ASP) 0.200 Plastic 1.669 19.5 −3.42 13 −7.193(ASP) 0.054 14 Lens 7 0.585 (ASP) 0.266 Plastic 1.544 56.0 −3.56 150.377 (ASP) 0.500 16 IR-cut filter Plano 0.110 Glass 1.517 64.2 — 17Plano 0.151 18 Image Plano — Note: Reference wavelength is 587.6 nm(d-line). An effective radius of the image-side surface 752 (Surface 11)is 1.050 mm.

TABLE 14 Aspheric Coefficients Surface # 1 2 4 5 6 k= −7.7835E+01 −9.0000E+01 −4.5499E+01 −7.0638E+00 −3.8470E+01 A4= 1.1541E−01 2.0691E−01 −1.9649E−01 −9.2569E−01 −6.5684E−01 A6= −2.8682E−02 −1.2096E−01  2.0821E+00  4.1639E+00  3.3676E+00 A8= 6.9104E−03 7.5650E−02 −3.2339E+01 −4.2375E+01 −3.9050E+01 A10= 2.4623E−03−3.4412E−03  1.9215E+02  1.4555E+02  1.2010E+02 A12= — — −4.9703E+02−2.1537E+02 −1.6726E+02 Surface # 7 8 9 10 11 k= −9.0000E+01−8.7525E+00  −2.9896E+01 −5.0703E+01 −1.9948E+00 A4= −1.9086E−01−5.7811E−01  −1.1295E+00 −3.4814E−01 −4.2946E−01 A6=  1.0295E+002.7543E−01  4.1793E+00  7.8292E−01  2.2319E+00 A8= −7.0457E+002.1262E+00 −1.5372E+01 −3.9861E+00 −8.2400E+00 A10=  1.4395E+01−3.4974E+00   2.9527E+01  8.8468E+00  1.6894E+01 A12= −1.0493E+011.6517E+00 −2.5077E+01 −8.4173E+00 −1.8754E+01 A14= — 1.9817E−01 2.7908E+00  2.7545E+00  1.0741E+01 A16= — —  5.1520E+00 — −2.4888E+00Surface # 12 13 14 15 k= −2.0946E+00 −6.6514E+01 −5.0582E+00 −2.6518E+00A4=  7.9370E−01  6.4087E−01 −1.6754E−01 −3.0416E−01 A6= −1.4987E+00−8.1679E−01 −1.6091E−01  1.9775E−01 A8=  2.0576E+00  5.1311E−01 2.2026E−01 −9.2470E−02 A10= −1.9020E+00 −2.0726E−01 −1.0102E−01 2.0536E−02 A12=  9.0271E−01  5.5738E−02  2.3672E−02 −3.7109E−04 A14=−1.7520E−01 −9.0282E−03 −2.8599E−03 −4.8428E−04 A16=  5.9888E−03 6.5831E−04  1.4066E−04  4.7480E−05

In the 7th embodiment, the equation of the aspheric surface profiles ofthe aforementioned lens elements is the same as the equation of the 1stembodiment. Also, the definitions of these parameters shown in thefollowing table are the same as those stated in the 1st embodiment withcorresponding values for the 7th embodiment, so an explanation in thisregard will not be provided again.

Moreover, these parameters can be calculated from Table 13 and Table 14as the following values and satisfy the following conditions:

7th Embodiment f [mm] 1.63 |R14/R3| 0.03 Fno 2.10 |R14/R4| 0.21 HFOV[deg.] 57.5 |R14/R5| 0.10 FOV [deg.] 115.0 |R14/R6| 0.03 V20 2 |R14/R7|0.05 TL/ImgH 1.67 |R14/R8| 0.17 Td/|Y72| 1.51 |R14/R9| 0.20 |Y11/Y72|0.63 |R14/R10| 0.57 |Y11/Ystop| 3.31 |R14/R11| 0.22 |Y72|/f 1.24|R14/R12| 0.05 |Yc62/Yc72| 1.00 |R14/R13| 0.64 |Yc_55|/ImgH 0.80R14/|Y72| 0.19 |R14/R1| 0.01 f/R12 −0.23 |R14/R2| 0.02 |f/f1| + |f/f2|0.60

8th Embodiment

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of an image capturing unit according tothe 8th embodiment of the present disclosure. In this embodiment, animage capturing unit 10 is a camera module including a lens unit 11, adriving device 12, an image sensor 13 and an image stabilizer 14. Thelens unit 11 includes the optical imaging lens assembly disclosed in the1st embodiment, a barrel and a holder member (their reference numeralsare omitted) for holding the optical imaging lens assembly. The imaginglight converges in the lens unit 11 of the image capturing unit 10 togenerate an image while utilizing the driving device 12 for imagefocusing on the image sensor 13, and the generated image is thendigitally transmitted to other electronic component for furtherprocessing.

The driving device 12 can have auto focusing functionality, anddifferent driving configurations can be obtained through the usages ofvoice coil motors (VCM), micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS),piezoelectric systems, or shape memory alloy materials. The drivingdevice 12 is favorable for obtaining a better imaging position of thelens unit 11, so that a clear image of the imaged object can be capturedby the lens unit 11 with different object distances. The image sensor 13(for example, CCD or CMOS), which can feature high photosensitivity andlow noise, is disposed on the image surface of the optical imaging lensassembly to provide higher image quality.

The image stabilizer 14, such as an accelerometer, a gyro sensor and aHall Effect sensor, is configured to work with the driving device 12 toprovide optical image stabilization (OIS). The driving device 12 workingwith the image stabilizer 14 is favorable for compensating for pan andtilt of the lens unit 11 to reduce blurring associated with motionduring exposure. In some cases, the compensation can be provided byelectronic image stabilization (EIS) with image processing software,thereby improving the image quality while in motion or low-lightconditions.

9th Embodiment

FIG. 16 is one perspective view of an electronic device according to the9th embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 17 is another perspectiveview of the electronic device in FIG. 16. FIG. 18 is a block diagram ofthe electronic device in FIG. 16. In this embodiment, an electronicdevice 20 is a smartphone including the image capturing unit 10disclosed in the 8th embodiment, a flash module 21, a focus assistmodule 22, an image signal processor 23, a user interface 24 and animage software processor 25. In this embodiment, the electronic device20 includes one image capturing unit 10, but the disclosure is notlimited thereto. In some cases, the electronic device 20 can includemultiple image capturing units 10, or the electronic device 20 furtherincludes another different image capturing unit.

When a user captures images of an object 26 through the user interface24, the light rays converge in the image capturing unit 10 to generatean image, and the flash module 21 is activated for light supplement. Thefocus assist module 22 detects the object distance of the imaged object26 to achieve fast auto focusing.

The image signal processor 23 is configured to optimize the capturedimage to improve the image quality. The light beam emitted from thefocus assist module 22 can be either conventional infrared or laser. Theuser interface 24 can be a touch screen or a physical button. The useris able to interact with the user interface 24 and the image softwareprocessor 25 having multiple functions to capture images and completeimage processing.

The smartphone in this embodiment is only exemplary for showing theimage capturing unit 10 of the present disclosure installed in anelectronic device, and the present disclosure is not limited thereto.The image capturing unit 10 can be optionally applied to optical systemswith a movable focus. Furthermore, the optical imaging lens assembly ofthe image capturing unit 10 features good capability in aberrationcorrections and high image quality, and can be applied to 3D(three-dimensional) image capturing applications, in products such asdigital cameras, mobile devices, digital tablets, smart televisions,network surveillance devices, dashboard cameras, vehicle backup cameras,multi-camera devices, image recognition systems, motion sensing inputdevices, wearable devices and other electronic imaging devices.

The foregoing description, for the purpose of explanation, has beendescribed with reference to specific embodiments. It is to be noted thatTABLES 1-14 show different data of the different embodiments; however,the data of the different embodiments are obtained from experiments. Theembodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain theprinciples of the disclosure and its practical applications, to therebyenable others skilled in the art to best utilize the disclosure andvarious embodiments with various modifications as are suited to theparticular use contemplated. The embodiments depicted above and theappended drawings are exemplary and are not intended to be exhaustive orto limit the scope of the present disclosure to the precise formsdisclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in view of theabove teachings.

What is claimed is:
 1. An optical imaging lens assembly comprising sevenlens elements, the seven lens elements being, in order from an objectside to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, athird lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixthlens element and a seventh lens element, wherein the seventh lenselement has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial regionthereof, at least one of an object-side surface and the image-sidesurface of the seventh lens element has at least one critical point inan off-axis region thereof, the object-side surface and the image-sidesurface of the seventh lens element are both aspheric; wherein an axialdistance between an object-side surface of the first lens element andthe image-side surface of the seventh lens element is Td, a maximumeffective radius of the image-side surface of the seventh lens elementis Y72, a chief ray with an incident angle of 55 degrees relative to anoptical axis is CR, an intersection point between CR and the image-sidesurface of the seventh lens element is P, a vertical distance from theoptical axis to P is Yc_55, a maximum image height of the opticalimaging lens assembly is ImgH, and the following conditions aresatisfied:Td/|Y72|<1.80; and0.30<|Yc_55|/ImgH<0.95.
 2. The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1,wherein an axial distance between the object-side surface of the firstlens element and an image surface is TL, the maximum image height of theoptical imaging lens assembly is ImgH, a maximum field of view of theoptical imaging lens assembly is FOV, an f-number of the optical imaginglens assembly is Fno, and the following conditions are satisfied:TL/ImgH<2.0;110 [deg.]<FOV<220 [deg.]; and1.0<Fno<2.40.
 3. The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1, wherein amaximum effective radius of the object-side surface of the first lenselement is Y11, the maximum effective radius of the image-side surfaceof the seventh lens element is Y72, and the following condition issatisfied:|Y11/Y72|<1.20.
 4. The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 3, whereinthe maximum effective radius of the object-side surface of the firstlens element is Y11, the maximum effective radius of the image-sidesurface of the seventh lens element is Y72, and the following conditionis satisfied:|Y11/Y72|<0.90.
 5. The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1, whereinthe seventh lens element has negative refractive power.
 6. The opticalimaging lens assembly of claim 1, wherein the first lens element hasnegative refractive power.
 7. The optical imaging lens assembly of claim1, wherein a focal length of the optical imaging lens assembly is f, afocal length of the first lens element is f1, a focal length of thesecond lens element is f2, and the following condition is satisfied:|f/f1|+|f/f2|<0.70.
 8. The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1,wherein a curvature radius of the object-side surface of the first lenselement is R1, a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the firstlens element is R2, a curvature radius of an object-side surface of thesecond lens element is R3, a curvature radius of an image-side surfaceof the second lens element is R4, a curvature radius of an object-sidesurface of the third lens element is R5, a curvature radius of animage-side surface of the third lens element is R6, a curvature radiusof an object-side surface of the fourth lens element is R7, a curvatureradius of an image-side surface of the fourth lens element is R8, acurvature radius of an object-side surface of the fifth lens element isR9, a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the fifth lenselement is R10, a curvature radius of an object-side surface of thesixth lens element is R11, a curvature radius of an image-side surfaceof the sixth lens element is R12, a curvature radius of the object-sidesurface of the seventh lens element is R13, a curvature radius of theimage-side surface of the seventh lens element is R14, and the followingconditions are satisfied:|R14/R1|<1.0;|R14/R2|<1.0;|R14/R3|<1.0;|R14/R4|<1.0;|R14/R5|<1.0;|R14/R6|<1.0;|R14/R7|<1.0;|R14/R8|<1.0;|R14/R9|<1.0;|R14/R10|<1.0;|R14/R11|<0.0;|R14/R12|<1.0; and|R14/R13|<0.0.
 9. The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1, whereina vertical distance between a convex critical point closest to a maximumeffective radius position on an image-side surface of the sixth lenselement and the optical axis is Yc62, a vertical distance between aconvex critical point closest to a maximum effective radius position onthe image-side surface of the seventh lens element and the optical axisis Yc72, and the following condition is satisfied:0.50<|Yc62/Yc72|<1.5.
 10. The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1,further comprising an aperture stop disposed between an imaged objectand an object-side surface of the third lens element.
 11. The opticalimaging lens assembly of claim 1, wherein the sixth lens element ismeniscus in a paraxial region thereof.
 12. The optical imaging lensassembly of claim 1, wherein a number of lens elements having an Abbenumber smaller than 20 among the seven lens elements is V20, and thefollowing condition is satisfied:2≤V20.
 13. The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1, wherein a focallength of the optical imaging lens assembly is f, a curvature radius ofan image-side surface of the sixth lens element is R12, and thefollowing condition is satisfied:0≤f/R12.
 14. The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1, wherein themaximum effective radius of the image-side surface of the seventh lenselement is Y72, a focal length of the optical imaging lens assembly isf, and the following condition is satisfied:1.0<|Y72|/f.
 15. The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1, whereinthe axial distance between the object-side surface of the first lenselement and the image-side surface of the seventh lens element is Td,the maximum effective radius of the image-side surface of the seventhlens element is Y72, and the following condition is satisfied:1.0<Td/|Y72|<1.60.
 16. The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1,wherein the object-side surface of the seventh lens element is convex ina paraxial region thereof.
 17. The optical imaging lens assembly ofclaim 1, wherein the fourth lens element has negative refractive power.18. The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1, further comprising anaperture stop, wherein a maximum effective radius of the object-sidesurface of the first lens element is Y11, an aperture radius of theaperture stop is Ystop, and the following condition is satisfied:|Y11/Ystop|<2.0.
 19. The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1,wherein the fifth lens element has an image-side surface being convex ina paraxial region thereof.
 20. The optical imaging lens assembly ofclaim 1, wherein a curvature radius of the image-side surface of theseventh lens element is R14, the maximum effective radius of theimage-side surface of the seventh lens element is Y72, and the followingcondition is satisfied:0<R14/|Y72|<0.50.
 21. An image capturing unit, comprising: the opticalimaging lens assembly of claim 1; and an image sensor disposed on animage surface of the optical imaging lens assembly.
 22. An electronicdevice, comprising: the image capturing unit of claim 21.